This thesis examines health inequalities by area-level socioeconomic deprivation, and
health in later life in New Zealand. It identifies whether expansion or compression of …

Background There are substantial socioeconomic inequalities in both life expectancy and
healthcare use in England. In this study, we describe how these two sets of inequalities …

Mortality amenable to health care intervention are premature deaths which, theoretically,
should not occur in the presence of timely and effective health care. As Scotland has a …

Objective: To quantify the contribution of health care to ethnic and socio‐economic
inequalities in health in New Zealand in 2000‐02, using the concept of 'amenable'mortality …

Although Australia maintains relatively high standards of health and healthcare, there exists
disparity in health outcomes and longevity among different segments of the population …

Patterns of health across the United Kingdom are well known with areas in Scotland, Wales
and the North East of England consistently found to experience the worst levels of health. In …

Background Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality have increased in recent years in many
countries. We examined age-, sex-, and cause-specific mortality rates for social groups in …

Objectives To determine whether disparities between income and mortality changed during
a period of major structural and macroeconomic reform and to estimate the changing …

The notion that mortality inequalities between differently deprived areas vary by age is
logical since not all causes of death increase in risk with age and not all causes of death are …